Hammock



(No Model.)

T. H. HARTMAN.

HAMMOGK. No. 374,472. Patented Dec. 6, 1887;

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS H. HARTMAN, OF WILLIAMSPORT, PENNSYLVANIA.

HAMMOCKa SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 374,472,1iated December 6, 1887.

Application filed August 20, 1887.

To ctZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS H. l-IARTMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at \Villiamsport, in the county ofLycoming and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hammocks; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to hammocks, and it has for its object to provide a hammock of wooden-slats so connected as to yield readily to pressure or conform to the body of the person thereon; and it consists of the parts and combinations of parts, hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, Figure l is a perspective view at my improved hammock, and Fig. 2 a perspective view of one of the slats.

Similar letters refer to similar parts in both views.

A represents the end slats, which, for the sake of finish, are somewhat wider than the slats B, forming the body of the hammock, and are finished on their outer edges with scrollwork, as shown. The inner edges of the slats A and both edges of the slats B are rounded, as clearly shown in the drawings. The purpose of thus rounding the edges of the slats is to permit of their easily yielding or turning edge against edge when folded or rolled, or when the hammock is in use. This construction of the slats alsoprevents the clothing or flesh of the userbeing caught or pinched between the slats, and permits of the rolling of the hammock in a compact form for storage or transportation. Through each of the slats Serial No.24'IA5l. (No model.)

are straight, and that it may be rolled with' either side in, as desired, while it may be cheaply constructed and is very durable.

I am aware that chair bottoms and backs have been made of slats having perforations near their ends through which wires are passed and having thimbles or washers between each pair of slats, and also that bottoms have been made of strips of wood having their upper surface rounded and having strips of metal passed transversely through said strips of wood, and I do not desire to be understood as claiming such construction.

Having thus described my invention,what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- A flexible or self-conforming hammock consisting of the end slats, A, having one of their edges rounded, the bodyslats B, having both their edges rounded and having the perforations 0 formed therethrough at right angles to the longitudinal axes of the slats, the cable wire or rope a, passed through said perforations, and the rings b, secured to the ends of said wire or rope, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

THOMAS H. HAR'IMAN.

Witnesses:

H. H. BLAIR, HARRY CALDWELL. 

